Abstract: A notification manager receives a request for an application to execute an action. The notification manager determines whether an event is scheduled to occur during a time that the application is executing the action. If so, the notification manager presents a notification of the event prior to the application executing the action, so as not to interrupt the execution of the action when it comes time for the event to occur.

Abstract: A media widget running on a user device includes a widget content synchronization module, which includes a plurality of application adapters. Each of the plurality of application adapters interfaces with a different one of a plurality of underlying media applications configured to provide media content. The media widget also includes a widget content storage module to store, in a memory, widget content received by the plurality of application adapters from the plurality of underlying media applications, wherein the widget content corresponds to the media content. The media widget further includes a widget content delivery module to provide a user interface to display the widget content stored in the memory from the plurality of underlying media applications.